I am putting up this recipe for a friend, who wanted one ages ago, but I was not able to send her one. Here you go Supti :)
Ingredients:
i. 1 cup flour
ii. 1/4 cup cocoa powder
iii. 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
iv. 1/4 cup butter
v. 3/4 cup caster sugar
vi. 1/4 cup water
vii. 2 eggs (for an eggless version just use 1/2 cup of condensed milk instead)
viii. 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
ix. A pinch of salt
Method:
i. In a mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients together. In order to do that, sift together the maida, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, and give them a whisk so that the dry ingredients get mixed thoroughly.
ii. Next, it’s time to mix the wet ingredients together. In a large mixing bowl, add the butter, sugar, eggs (or condensed milk), vanilla essence and water, and whisk them together, till the mixture is smooth.
iii. Now, gradually mix the dry mixture to the wet one, a little at a time. Just fold in the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Do not over mix.
iv. Pour the mixture to a greased baking tin and bake at 180°C for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
v. Last but not the least decorate as you wish to. I used Cadbury Gems. :)
Tips for Beginners:
i. Please make sure that all your ingredients are at room temperature before you start with the prep for baking.
ii. The oven should be pre-heated to 180°C before placing the cake for baking, in the baking mode, i.e., both upper and lower heating elements should be on. And baking tin is placed on the lowermost rack.
iii. Do not open the oven door in between or when the cake has started rising, this might affect the cake to not rise.
iv. You can modify this recipe slightly to get a simple vanilla cake instead of a chocolate one. To do so, just use 1/4th cup maida instead of the cocoa powder. Also, reduce the quantity of water by half.
v. The cup measurements that I used were done using the below set, that I purchased from Amazon (click on the below link to view). However, using any cup handy with you and sticking to it for measuring all ingredients will work just fine.
Ingredients:
i. 1 cup flour
ii. 1/4 cup cocoa powder
iii. 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
iv. 1/4 cup butter
v. 3/4 cup caster sugar
vi. 1/4 cup water
vii. 2 eggs (for an eggless version just use 1/2 cup of condensed milk instead)
viii. 1/2 tsp vanilla essence
ix. A pinch of salt
Method:
i. In a mixing bowl, mix the dry ingredients together. In order to do that, sift together the maida, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt, and give them a whisk so that the dry ingredients get mixed thoroughly.
ii. Next, it’s time to mix the wet ingredients together. In a large mixing bowl, add the butter, sugar, eggs (or condensed milk), vanilla essence and water, and whisk them together, till the mixture is smooth.
iii. Now, gradually mix the dry mixture to the wet one, a little at a time. Just fold in the dry mixture to the wet mixture. Do not over mix.
iv. Pour the mixture to a greased baking tin and bake at 180°C for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
v. Last but not the least decorate as you wish to. I used Cadbury Gems. :)
Tips for Beginners:
i. Please make sure that all your ingredients are at room temperature before you start with the prep for baking.
ii. The oven should be pre-heated to 180°C before placing the cake for baking, in the baking mode, i.e., both upper and lower heating elements should be on. And baking tin is placed on the lowermost rack.
iii. Do not open the oven door in between or when the cake has started rising, this might affect the cake to not rise.
iv. You can modify this recipe slightly to get a simple vanilla cake instead of a chocolate one. To do so, just use 1/4th cup maida instead of the cocoa powder. Also, reduce the quantity of water by half.
v. The cup measurements that I used were done using the below set, that I purchased from Amazon (click on the below link to view). However, using any cup handy with you and sticking to it for measuring all ingredients will work just fine.
The final product looks like this:
